Director, Islamic Origination

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Job Summary

Managing the Islamic origination for flow business primarily for KSA and other assigned GCC markets, assigned from time to time.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategy - Work with the Islamic Origination (Corporate & Investment Banking - CIB) team to achieve the Global Islamic Banking strategy, aligning to the Group's strategy and the strategy of the relevant businesses and geographies.
• Business
  • Play a proactive role in meeting the business objectives of Saadiq Islamic banking by achieving financial and non financial KPIs.
  • Monitor and be up to date with business performance to drive productivity and growth of CIB Saadiq.
  • Assist in developing campaigns enhancing the brand awareness & sales of CIB Saadiq products.
  • Enhance solutions and the client value proposition of Saadiq CIB products.
  • Explore opportunities to establish partnerships and alliances for CIB Saadiq products.
  • Track competitor activities and come up with counter strategies to promote innovative products aligned with Islamic Shariah Guidelines and regulatory requirements.
• Processes
  • Adhere to applicable internal policies related to governance, operational risk, credit, etc.
  • Follow all processes identified and outlined under Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and Operational Risk Framework (ORF).
  • Accountable to risk control owners and/or Group policy owners for the implementation of policies and control standards, ensuring compliance and operating within risk tolerance and appetite, and building a culture of good conduct.
• Governance
  • Monitor and update senior management on Islamic Banking performance.
  • Maintain awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework in which the country operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.
  • Deliver effective governance; challenge fellow executives and work cooperatively with local regulators.
  • Adhere to the Shariah Governance Framework and implement Shariah and governance requirements set by Shariah & regulators.
• Key Stakeholders
  • CIB - Corporate team
  • Group Islamic Product Team
  • Group Saadiq Governance and Control Forums
  • Global and Country Shariah Committees
  • Regulators
  • Industry Associations
  • Internal teams: Legal, Operations, FM, Transaction Banking
• Other Responsibilities
  • Embed SCB brand and values in business across SCB footprints.
  • Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.
  • Develop strong relationships with stakeholders (business, legal, operations, etc.) in Saadiq countries to drive the common Saadiq agenda.

Qualifications

• Education
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Experience in banking and finance (Islamic preferred) across Corporate & Institutional Banking in KSA and wider GCC region.
  • Local market contacts at corporates with ability to originate/facilitate origination.
  • Corporate experience required.
  • Knowledge of Islamic products.
  • Understanding of Shariah products.
• Training - As required by the Bank, industry, and regulators.
• Languages
  • English - fluent
  • Arabic - a plus
• Competencies
  • Action oriented
  • Collaboration
  • Customer focus
  • Manages ambiguity
  • Drives vision & purpose
  • Decision quality
  • Instills trust
  • Technical competencies (role specific technical skills and requirements)
  • Strategic mindset

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together We

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do.
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well.
• Are better together; we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term.

What We Offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first aiders and all sorts of self help toolkits.
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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Seniority level

Director

Employment type

Full time

Job function

Finance and Sales

Industries

Banking

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